Ornella Micheli (sometimes credited as Donna Christie or Ornella Micheli Donati) was an Italian film editor active from the 1950s through the 1980s. She often worked on the exploitation films and thrillers of directors

Lucio Fulci Lucio Fulci (; 17 June 1927 – 13 March 1996) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Although he worked in a wide array of genres through a career spanning nearly five decades, including Commedia all'italiana, comedies and spagh ...

Riccardo Freda Riccardo Freda (24 February 1909 – 20 December 1999) was an Italian film director. He worked in a variety of genres, including sword-and-sandal, horror film, horror, ''giallo'' and spy films. Freda began directing ''I Vampiri'' in 1956. The f ...

, and

Giuliano Carnimeo Giuliano Carnimeo (born Carmineo; 4 July 1932 – 10 September 2016) was an Italian director and screenwriter, sometimes credited as Anthony Ascott or Antony Ascot. Life and career Born in Bari, Carmineo started his career as assistant direct ...

Biography

She was the daughter of Roberto Rosselini's key grips, and she apprenticed under Rosselini's editor,

Jolanda Benvenuti Jolanda Benvenuti was an Italian film editor.Bondanella p.158 She worked on more than a 150 productions during her career, including several films directed by Roberto Rossellini. Selected filmography * ''Laugh, Pagliacci'' (1943) * ''The White Pr ...

. Her brother, Bruno Micheli, also worked as a film editor.

Selected filmography

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Porno Holocaust ''Porno Holocaust'' is a 1981 Italian sexploitation horror film directed and lensed by Joe D'Amato and written by Tito Carpi under the pseudonym "Tom Salina". The assistant director was Donatella Donati. Shot in and around Santo Domingo, it was on ...

'' (1981) * ''

Erotic Nights of the Living Dead ''Erotic Nights of the Living Dead'' () is a 1980 Italian erotic horror film directed and written and directed by Joe D'Amato. It has received mixed to negative reviews. It was filmed in and around Santo Domingo. Plot On his second visit to the ...

'' (1980) * ''

Antropophagus ''Antropophagus'' (also known as ''Anthropophagus: The Beast'', ''The Savage Island'', and ''The Grim Reaper'') is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Joe D'Amato, co-written by D'Amato and George Eastman, and starring Tisa Farrow, Zora Kero ...

'' (1980) * '' Sesso nero'' (1980) * ''Beyond the Darkness'' (1979) * '' Silver Saddle'' (1978) * ''The Psychic'' (1977) * '' My Sister in Law'' (1976) * '' Piange... il telefono'' (1975) * ''

Dracula in the Provinces ''Dracula in the Provinces'' (, lit. The Noble devilish Costante Nicose or: Dracula in Brianza) is a 1975 Italian horror comedy film, directed by Lucio Fulci and starring Lando Buzzanca in the main role. In the film, a superstitious businessman ...

'' (1975) * ''

Challenge to White Fang ''Challenge to White Fang'' (') is a 1974 Italian Northern adventure film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is a sequel to Fulci's ''White Fang'' (1973), as part of a trend of European Northern films that followed the success of '' Call of the Wild'' ( ...

'' (1974) * ''White Fang'' (1973) * '' Holy God, Here Comes the Passatore!'' (1973) * ''

Don't Torture a Duckling ''Don't Torture a Duckling'' () is a 1972 Italian ''giallo'' film directed by Lucio Fulci, starring Florinda Bolkan, Tomas Milian and Barbara Bouchet. The plot follows a journalist investigating a series of child murders in an insular Italian ...

'' (1972) * ''

Return of Halleluja ''Return of Halleluja'' (, also known as ''The West Is Very Close, Amigo'') is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring George Hilton. It is the sequel to '' They Call Me Hallelujah''. Plot In tumultuous M ...

'' (1972) * '' His Name Was Holy Ghost'' (1972) * ''

They Call Him Cemetery ''They Call Me Cemetery'' (, also known as ''His Pistols Smoked... They Call Him Cemetery'' and ''A Bullet for a Stranger'') is a 1971 Italian Spaghetti Western film directed by Giuliano Carnimeo and starring Gianni Garko. It was followed by '' H ...

'' (1971) * ''Guns for Dollars'' (1971) * '' Light the Fuse... Sartana Is Coming'' (1970) * ''Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin'' (1970) * '' I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death'' (1969) * ''

One on Top of the Other ''One on Top of the Other'' (Italian: ''Una sull'altra'', which the English title translates accurately but without expressing twice the feminine), also known as ''Perversion Story'', is a 1969 giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci. Written by Fulc ...

'' (1969) * ''Suicide Commandos'' (1968) * ''

Find a Place to Die ''Find a Place to Die'' (aka ''Joe... cercati un posto per morire!'') is a 1968 Spaghetti Western film starring Jeffrey Hunter and Pascale Petit (actress), Pascale Petit. It was co-written and directed by Giuliano Carnimeo (credited as Anthony As ...

'' (1968) * '' The Moment to Kill'' (1968) * ''Operazione San Pietro'' (1967) * '' Bang Bang Kid'' (1967) * ''

How to Kill 400 Duponts ''How to Kill 400 Duponts'' () is a 1967 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. The main character of the film, Dorellik, is a parody of the comic series ''Diabolik''. The character was created in the late 1960s for several sketches on television ...

'' (1967) * ''The Hills Run Red'' (1966) * ''The Brute and the Beast'' (1966) * ''The Third Eye'' (1966) * ''The Wacky World of James Tont'' (1966) * ''Goldsinger'' (1965) * '' How We Got into Trouble with the Army'' (1965) * ''Samson in King Solomon's Mines'' (1964) * ''

The Avenger of Venice ''The Avenger of Venice'' (, ) is a 1964 adventure film written and directed by Piero Pierotti and Carlo Campogalliani and starring Brett Halsey and Gianna Maria Canale. It is based on a novel by Michel Zevaco. Cast * Brett Halsey as Roland ...

'' (1964) * ''

The Magnificent Adventurer ''The Magnificent Adventurer'' () is a 1963 adventure film directed by Riccardo Freda. It is loosely based on real life events of Benvenuto Cellini. Plot Cast Production ''The Magnificent Adventurer'' was director Riccardo Freda's last fil ...

'' (1963) * ''

The Horrible Dr. Hichcock ''The Horrible Dr. Hichcock'' (Italian language, Italian title: ''L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock'', lit. "The horrible secret of Dr. Hichcock") is a 1962 Italy, Italian horror film, directed by Riccardo Freda and written by Ernesto Gastaldi. ...

'' (1962) * ''Marco Polo'' (1962) * ''

The Witch's Curse ''The Witch's Curse'' () is a 1962 Italian peplum-fantasy film, directed by Riccardo Freda. Plot In the mid-1500s, a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hundred years later, the tree she was ch ...

'' (1962) * ''

Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World ''Samson and the Seven Miracles of the World'' () is a 1961 international co-production starring Gordon Scott. The film reused the sets, extras and Yoko Tani as a princess from ''Marco Polo'' (1961) and Freda's ''The Mongols'' (1961). The film ...

'' (1961) * '' The Lion of Amalfi'' (1950)

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